Everything Tim Ferriss has recommended in 5-Bullet Friday — 2,095 books, articles, quotes, films, products and more, gathered from 480 issues since 2015. Browse by category, sort by what the community values or how often Tim has returned to it, and spend your 25 votes on what matters most to you. Each item's note is quoted from Tim's own words in the newsletter.

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Google Lens

Apps & SoftwareTim featured this 1× · 2019 · el2.convertkit-mail.com

Google Lens. The 3x Olympic medalist and irritatingly handsome Matt Targett recommended that I check out Google Lens as a tool for transcribing text from physical to digital (e.g., a photo of a book page automagically turns into copy-and-pastable text). I had no idea this app existed (for iOS, the Lens feature is easily found within the Google app), and it turns out that Google Lens does A LOT: “Search what you see with your camera, copy and translate text, find similar apparel, identify plants and animals, scan QR codes and more.” My team and I have played with real-time translation (pointing— Tim Ferriss
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On 60 Minutes this past week, Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper

Misc VideosTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Sarah Koch · el2.convertkit-mail.com

On 60 Minutes this past week, Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) presented a wonderful and powerful segment produced by Sarah Koch, in which he meets with patients who’ve undergone psychedelic treatments. The description is “Study participants at some of the country’s leading medical research centers are going through intense therapy and six-hour psychedelic journeys deep into their minds to do things like quit smoking and worry less.” It’s definitely worth a watch and does an excellent job of providing balanced perspectives. Kudos to all the researchers featured, including Dr. Roland Griffiths— Tim Ferriss
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Metformin and exercise — déjà vu all over again?

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Dr. Peter Attia · el2.convertkit-mail.com

Metformin and exercise — déjà vu all over again? by Dr. Peter Attia (@peterattiamd). This landed in my inbox on Sunday, courtesy of Peter’s weekly email newsletter. It explains why some of my friends who used to take metformin for longevity have stopped taking it. This short piece is also a great primer on thinking about extending healthspan versus lifespan.— Tim Ferriss
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“Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see.”Arthur Schopenhauer
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This could be why you’re depressed or anxious

Misc VideosTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Johann Hari · el2.convertkit-mail.com

This could be why you’re depressed or anxious (TED Talk) by Johann Hari (@johannhari101). I’ve become more and more interested in the work and life experiences of Johann since a friend gifted me his book Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions. In this new talk, he shares fresh insights on the causes of depression and anxiety from experts around the world as well as his personal experiences and emerging solutions. As Johann puts it, “If you’re depressed or anxious, you’re not weak and you’re not crazy—you’re a human being with unmet needs.” Thi— Tim Ferriss
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50 ways to be ridiculously generous — and feel ridiculously good

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Alexandra Franzen · el2.convertkit-mail.com

50 ways to be ridiculously generous — and feel ridiculously good by Alexandra Franzen. This is a great list, which I found recommended on the website of fellow Austinite Professor Raj Raghunathan, author of If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy?. If overwhelmed by options, try this: give an extra $10 or $20 to the barista next time you buy coffee. Give $5 of that to the barista and pay for the next person or next few people behind you. Simply walk out after the drive-by karma bomb. The afterglow is incredible and can last hours. Paradoxically, the fastest path to feeling better is often thi— Tim Ferriss
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Inktober

MiscTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Jake Parker · el2.convertkit-mail.com

Inktober. Created in 2009 by Jake Parker (@jakeparker), Inktober is a simple challenge: every October, artists all over the world take on the “Inktober drawing challenge” by doing one ink drawing a day for the entire month. You can find the rules here. Here are this year’s drawing prompts (so good). If you end up participating and the spirit moves you, please tag me on social (@timferriss on Instagram and @tferriss on Twitter), as I’d love to see your work. Since I’m getting a late start myself, I have some catching up to do! I might end up using a Buddha Board instead of ink to avoid getting — Tim Ferriss
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“To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.”James P. Carse, Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility
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The MeatEater Podcast — Ep. 166: Hunting With Teeth

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The MeatEater Podcast — Ep. 166: Hunting With Teeth. This is an uber-intelligent conversation that explores a lot of nuance. It spans biology, conservation, and uncomfortable realities that we must learn to navigate. Here’s the description: “Steven Rinella (@stevenrinella) talks with Diane Boyd and Janis Putelis (@janis_putelis). Subjects discussed: Cyclone fences; swapping a motorcycle for a first wolf experience; Wolf rendezvous sites and snagging a wolf in a blind set; wolves killing wolves; wolves and border security; the myth of the super-wolf; did the wolf reintroduction need to happen?;— Tim Ferriss
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The Feather Atlas

Apps & SoftwareTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Professor Jonathan Eisen · el2.convertkit-mail.com

The Feather Atlas. This was recommended to me on Twitter by Professor Jonathan Eisen, and it helped me (with much assistance from my dear followers) to identify the white-winged dove tail feather and go down an ornithological rabbit hole.— Tim Ferriss
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Contact

MusicTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Metsa · el2.convertkit-mail.com

Contact by Metsa. I’ve been waiting a long time for this one. Here’s the description, edited for length: This album is a compilation of ceremonial plant medicine songs called ikaros, some of which are traditional and some of which are reinterpretations informed by decades of practice. This artist supports a number of indigenous communities and causes, so I bought the album on Bandcamp, which allows you to donate above the low album price. I gave $100, but you can get the entire album for $9.99. Get a taste of it here. I love all the tracks, but I’m paying closest attention to Urkututu (track #— Tim Ferriss
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QuotesTim featured this 1× · 2019

“Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.”George Santayana
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Daniel Popper (@danielpopper

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Daniel Popper (@danielpopper). Daniel is an installation artist (and much more) from Cape Town, South Africa. He has quickly become one of my favorite artists. His work is simply mesmerizing, and you can see beautiful examples here. I have so many faves, but this is one. If I had a bit more backyard—or a resort, retreat center, big garden, etc.—I’d put his art all over the place. More of his pieces can be found on his official website.— Tim Ferriss
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Enclume Premier 36-Inch Rolled End Bar

Products & GadgetsTim featured this 1× · 2019 · el2.convertkit-mail.com

Enclume Premier 36-Inch Rolled End Bar. Check out this photo to see what it looks like installed in my kitchen. As I said in the caption: “Some of the most useful things in my house are the simplest. Example: this Enclume 36" rolled end bar from Amazon. This is the second time I’ve installed one, and it immediately cleared two drawers. Tip: arrange the pans from smallest to biggest to make finding what you need faster.” The keen eye may notice that they don’t seem perfectly ordered by size in my pic. That’s because I first order by material (e.g., cast iron) and then order by size within each — Tim Ferriss
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“To the economically illiterate, if some company makes a million dollars in profit, this means that their products cost a million dollars more than they would have cost without profits. It never occurs to such people that these products might cost several million dollars more to produce than if they were produced by enterprises operating without the incentives to be efficient created by the prospect of profits.”Thomas Sowell
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Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life

BooksTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Chase Jarvis · el2.convertkit-mail.com

Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life by Chase Jarvis (@chasejarvis). I’ve been looking forward to this. In full disclosure, I haven’t had a chance to crack it open yet, but Chase has always delivered the goods in the past (he was my 8th guest on the podcast!). Blurbs for the book include Debbie Millman, Seth Godin, Brandon Stanton, Brené Brown, and Sir Richard Branson. Chase is an entrepreneur, award-winning artist, and one of the most influential photographers of the past decade, having created campaigns for Apple, Nike, Red — Tim Ferriss
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Remember Shakti: Bell'Alla prt 2

Misc VideosTim featured this 1× · 2019 · el2.convertkit-mail.com

Remember Shakti: Bell'Alla prt 2. I’ve developed a keen interest in hand percussion, and this video is one hell of a showcase. As one professional drummer friend put it, “They’re both heavy, heavy cats. Total masters. I’ve watched that clip dozens of times. No joke.” Zakir Hussain’s facial expressions when he’s shredding (in the blue shirt) are priceless. If you’d like a cool overview of the tabla, plus another ripping solo, check this out.— Tim Ferriss
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Max Planck

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Max Planck. Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (1858–1947) is the originator of modern quantum theories and one of the most important German physicists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918. I’m particularly fond of perusing his incredible and often wild quotes.— Tim Ferriss
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REBUS and the Anarchic Brain

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REBUS and the Anarchic Brain. This one gets pretty technical, but if you’re interested in models of how the brain might work, how we assemble reality, and so on, this might tickle your fancy.— Tim Ferriss
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Sergé "Jojo" Mayer

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Sergé "Jojo" Mayer. You can watch him in action in this YouTube video. Fun fact from his Spotify page: “...he received his first drum set at age two and made his performing debut in Hong Kong just a year later.” Jojo was mentioned to me by virtuoso percussionist David Kuckhermann (check this out). I’ll have more to say about David soon...— Tim Ferriss
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Joe Rogan Experience #1198 - Derren Brown

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Joe Rogan Experience #1198 - Derren Brown (Apple Podcasts, YouTube). I’ve long been fascinated by illusionist and mentalist Derren Brown (@derrenbrown). But “illusionist and mentalist” doesn’t quite do him justice. Derren’s also an expert in behavioral change, debunking charlatans, portrait painting, and more. In this podcast episode, Joe Rogan (@joerogan) does an excellent job of weaving a nearly comprehensive conversation. It takes about 10–15 minutes for them to get really warmed up (as it often does for all long-form podcasts), but then they’re off to the races. Next up on my to-watch list— Tim Ferriss
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Habor Instant-Read Meat Thermometer

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Habor Instant-Read Meat Thermometer. This tiny and cheap (currently $11 on my screen) cooking thermometer works just as well as options I tested for $70–100 only a few years ago. This device can help you avoid cooking proteins that are “black and blue” (overcooked on the outside and undercooked in the middle), and it can help with nearly any dish. Tip for those interested: when in doubt with steak, sear and oven-finish at a lower temp—say, 200–250ºF versus 350–400ºF—à la the “sexy time steak.”— Tim Ferriss
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Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations

BooksTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Dan Ariely · el2.convertkit-mail.com

Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations by Dan Ariely (@danariely). So far, I’ve found this book to be very compelling and actionable. The real-world stories are heart wrenching and keep the pages turning. It’s a short read and might take 2–4 hours to finish.— Tim Ferriss
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Les Doigts De L'Homme — Le Poinconneur Des Lilas

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Les Doigts De L'Homme — Le Poinconneur Des Lilas. Great music from the road trip to Baltimore for the above launch.— Tim Ferriss
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“Anytime you're practicing renunciation, you're deluded. How about that! You're deluded. What are you renouncing? Anytime you renounce something, you are tied forever to the thing you renounce. There's a guru in India who says, ‘Every time a prostitute comes to me, she's talking about nothing but God. She says I'm sick of this life that I'm living. I want God. But every time a priest comes to me, he's talking about nothing but sex.’ Very well, when you renounce something, you're stuck to it forever. When you fight something, you're tied to it forever. As long as you're fighting it, you are giv
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HumanN BeetElite Concentrated Beet Powder

Supplements & HealthTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Scientists · el2.convertkit-mail.com

HumanN BeetElite Concentrated Beet Powder. This is used by a number of ultra-endurance athletes I know, and, possible placebo effect aside, it seems to help with longer-duration rides. I’m also doing very short 10–12-minute workouts, à la Dr. Martin Gibala (see “The One-Minute Workout Designed by Scientists”). Quote I’m pondering, not totally buying, but finding useful for— Tim Ferriss
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Spirited Away in Minecraft Tour

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Spirited Away in Minecraft Tour. This is a nerd double whammy. Spirited Away is my all-time favorite movie, but it’s historically been hard to find on streaming services. This video scratches the itch and showcases two things: (1) the bathhouse of the gods (and much more) from the movie, and (2) the absolutely mind-numbing amount of work required to recreate it at this level of detail in Minecraft. Alan Becker, you’re an animal. Alan has created many other Studio Ghibli fantasyscapes here.— Tim Ferriss
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“The best fighter is never angry.”Lao Tzu
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Marrakech

MusicTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Hybrid · el2.convertkit-mail.com

Marrakech by Hybrid (@hybridscores)— Tim Ferriss
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Some long-time readers are familiar with my bets in the world of startups (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Uber, Shopify, Alibaba) and the world of psychedelic scientific research (e.g., Johns Hopkins, Imper

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2019 · el2.convertkit-mail.com

Some long-time readers are familiar with my bets in the world of startups (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Uber, Shopify, Alibaba) and the world of psychedelic scientific research (e.g., Johns Hopkins, Imperial College, UCSF). I pick my shots very, very carefully. Here is my latest $100,000 bet, which I think has massive ROI potential. It’s rare to find an Archimedes lever like this.— Tim Ferriss
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“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”Blaise Pascal
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Five.sentenc.es

Life HacksTim featured this 1× · 2019 · el2.convertkit-mail.com

Five.sentenc.es. “Five.sentenc.es is a personal policy that all email responses regardless of recipient or subject will be five sentences or less. It’s that simple.” Here is an example text to place in your signature: “Q: Why is this email five sentences or less? A: I discovered this ages ago in a guest post from Leo Babauta. As he wrote, “I limit myself to five sentences for each reply (at the maximum — many replies are even shorter). That forces me to be concise, to choose only the essentials of what I want to say, and limits the time I spend replying to email. Keep them short, but powerful.— Tim Ferriss
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An experimental study of a virtual reality counselling paradigm using embodied self-dialogue

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Kevin Kelly · el2.convertkit-mail.com

An experimental study of a virtual reality counselling paradigm using embodied self-dialogue. This study was sent to me by Kevin Kelly, and as he put it, “Use virtual reality to swap bodies and give yourself advice. Weird, but early experiments suggest it works.” Kevin hasn’t tried it and simply forwarded it to me, but I’d love to try it myself. Does anyone know how I might do that? Please let me know on Twitter using @tferriss and #timvr if so.— Tim Ferriss
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The Persuasive Power of the Wolf Lady

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The Persuasive Power of the Wolf Lady (The New Yorker). This is a page-turning read and simply outstanding. I’m already planning on rereading it to study the lessons it contains. Amazing characters and beautiful prose.— Tim Ferriss
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“If you wish to improve, be content to appear clueless or stupid in extraneous matters."Epictetus
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Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin

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Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin was an American medicinal chemist, biochemist, organic chemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author. He is credited with introducing MDMA ("ecstasy" or "molly") to psychologists in the late 1970s for psychopharmaceutical use and for the discovery, synthesis, and personal bioassay of over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential. In 1991 and 1997, he and his wife Ann Shulgin authored the books PIHKAL and TIHKAL (standing for Phenethylamines I Have Known And Loved and Tryptamines I Have Known And Loved), which extensively — Tim Ferriss
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Dream Sequence | DREAM CORP LLC | adult swim

Misc VideosTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Dream Corp's absent-minded professor · el2.convertkit-mail.com

Dream Sequence | DREAM CORP LLC | adult swim. For long-term readers or listeners, it should be clear within seconds why I like this video. Here’s the series description: “DREAM CORP LLC is an absurd comedy set in a neglected dream therapy facility. Each week desperate patients have their dreams recorded and analyzed by Dream Corp's absent-minded professor, Dr Roberts (Jon Gries), and his team of unremarkable scientists.” (Rotten Tomatoes)— Tim Ferriss
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Perfect Past” by Vladimir Nabokov. First published in 1950 in the New Yorker, it’s available here

BooksTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Vladimir Nabokov · el2.convertkit-mail.com

“Perfect Past” by Vladimir Nabokov. First published in 1950 in the New Yorker, it’s available here online but requires a subscription. Nabokov became a U.S. citizen in 1945, and I found the essay in The Best American Essays of the Century. I chose to read “Perfect Past” for the first few pages, which brilliantly describe the birth of young Nabokov’s perception of time. Nabokov is a dazzling wordsmith and aesthetic savant, but caveat lector: it can get rather flowery at times. This essay is no exception. It’s beautiful and ornate in a style that only Nabokov could pull off. If you’d like to rea— Tim Ferriss
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Deathwatch for the Amazon: Brazil has the power to save Earth’s greatest forest—or destroy it

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2019 · economist.com

Deathwatch for the Amazon: Brazil has the power to save Earth’s greatest forest—or destroy it (The Economist). This just came out yesterday, August 1st, and it is excellent. I'll share another piece I'm reading on the same topic in the NYT, as the NYT doesn't automatically require an account signup to read the full article. Pro tip: if you've hit your limit for free NYT articles, try switching your browser. Under Brazil’s Far-Right Leader, Amazon Protections Slashed and Forests Fall (The New York Times). This is very important. How it is resolved, or not, will almost certainly affect the entir— Tim Ferriss
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Posts about my “office

PodcastsTim featured this 1× · 2019 · instagram.com

Posts about my “office” and “podcast studio” were popular on social this week, and it took me a while to get them dialed in. For those asking in the comments, you can find my podcast gear on this page.— Tim Ferriss
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Hit The Decks" by Cirrus

MusicTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Cirrus · open.spotify.com

"Hit The Decks" by Cirrus.— Tim Ferriss
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“It is amateurs who have one big bright beautiful idea that they can never abandon. Professionals know that they have to produce theory after theory before they are likely to hit the jackpot.”Francis Crick
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Prender el Alma by Nicola Cruz

MusicTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Nicola Cruz · open.spotify.com

Prender el Alma by Nicola Cruz. Description: “Since releasing his debut album 'Prender El Alma' in 2015, having previously collaborated with Nicolas Jaar, Nicola Cruz has gone on to become one of the leading figures in the scene of producers exploring and mixing indigenous South-American and Afro-Latin sounds with modern dance and electronic music, a sound he then referred to as 'Andes Step'. In that time he has released a slew of sought after 12" releases, been remixed by the likes of Quantic and beGun, featured by Boiler Room and Red Bull, as well as toured the world with shows at Sonar, ADE— Tim Ferriss
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“A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.”Ludwig Wittgenstein
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The Game (Amazon

Misc VideosTim featured this 1× · 2019 · amazon.com

The Game (Amazon, iTunes, and Vudu). This film was recommended to me by the maverick Adam Robinson. The Game is intense, idea-catalyzing, and… did I mention intense? If you think you, perhaps, just sometimes, take yourself too seriously (and who doesn’t?), this is good medicine. Here’s the description: “Nicholas Van Orton [played by Michael Douglas] is a very wealthy San Francisco banker, but he is an absolute loner, even spending his birthday alone. In the year of his 48th birthday (the age his father committed suicide) his brother Conrad, who has gone long ago and surrendered to addictions o— Tim Ferriss
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“A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.”Herbert Simon
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Distributed, with Matt Mullenweg

PodcastsTim featured this 1× · 2019 · distributed.blog

Distributed, with Matt Mullenweg. Finally, my friend Matt Mullenweg (@photomatt) has a podcast. He is the founder of a ~900-person company (Automattic) that has no offices; employees are distributed across 68 countries. He is one of the friends I call most for advice on a wide range of subjects, including product development, open-source projects, investing, and music.— Tim Ferriss
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Stephen Wolfram

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Stephen Wolfram. Stephen is a computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is best known for his work in computer science, mathematics, and theoretical physics. In 2012, he was named an inaugural fellow of the American Mathematical Society. As an entrepreneur, he is the founder and CEO of the software company Wolfram Research, where he has worked as chief designer of Mathematica and the Wolfram|Alpha answer engine.— Tim Ferriss
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SOMM (on Amazon

DocumentariesTim featured this 1× · 2019 · amazon.com

SOMM (on Amazon and iTunes). I first heard about this doc in blog comments after I interviewed the brilliant and well-tattooed Richard Betts. Richard passed the infamous Court of Master Sommeliers’ Masters Exam on his first attempt, becoming the ninth person in history ever to do so. It’s a Mount Everest BITCH of a test, and only 256 people have passed—in total and globally—over the last 40 years(!). I put off watching this film because I feared it would be too highfalutin for this Long Island boy. Now, having seen it, I’m sorry I didn’t watch SOMM ages ago. It’s a wonderful, brutal, endearing— Tim Ferriss
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“I will have to remember ‘I am here today to cross the swamp, not to fight all the alligators.’”From The Art of Possibility by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander
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How Wolves Change Rivers

Misc VideosTim featured this 1× · 2019 · youtube.com

How Wolves Change Rivers. This short video (trophic cascade. I have just one edit suggestion for the video owner, which would be to expand the narration mention of “deer” to “deer and elk.” For another quick video summary of trophic cascade and “keystone species,” I suggest 3 Animals That Keep Their Whole Ecosystem Together. I hoped to be a marine biologist for more than a decade, and I’ve spent a good deal of time studying sharks and their role in trophic cascade. Past podcast guests like Stewart Brand, arguably the most interesting man in the world, have looked at the role of elephants/pachy— Tim Ferriss
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Photographer Jun Yamamoto Captures The Magic Of Japan Streets At Night

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Photographer Jun Yamamoto Captures The Magic Of Japan Streets At Night. You can follow Jun on Instagram here: @jungraphy_. His work makes me want to return to Tokyo immediately. #bladerunner— Tim Ferriss
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Whistled language

Misc VideosTim featured this 1× · 2019 · youtube.com

Whistled language. This truly boggled my mind. From Wikipedia: “Whistled languages use whistling to emulate speech and facilitate communication. A whistled language is a system of whistled communication which allows fluent whistlers to transmit and comprehend a potentially unlimited number of messages over long distances.” I suggest watching this video first and then this video to see and hear the Mazatec whistle language in action.— Tim Ferriss